Copenhagen, Denmark

We reached copenhagen the capital of Denmark on day 4. The weather was not as good as it was in Oslo, but nevertheless we still did our own touring. Every night before we arrive at the next port of destination, the cruise directors deliver a shopping guide map to the cabins. This makes it easier for the tourist to move around the places and visit the important sights. It also saves time because there is a certain time we have to be back on board and if you miss it...well the ship waits for no one..you'll get a good view of the back of the ship *lol*.

A few things you need to know about Copenhagen is that its Scandinavia's largest city. The name Copenhagen or Kobenhavn means "Merchant harbour" and was founded in 1167. Copenhagen has a metropolitan population of 1.8 million.Denmark consist of more than 400 islands many which are uninhabited and its the smallest nation in northern europe.The Krone is the national currency and they are 6 hours behind time.We should be thankful to Copenhagen for beer ( Carlsberg and Tuborg), im sure the guys are smiling..., butter, biscuits and bacon (raehan's fav) *lol*.

The main attraction is Copenhagen is Tivoli's Garden. It is a famous and century old amusement park located at the heart of the city. We just saw the outside cause well you would have to spend a lot of time at an amusement park and we only had 8 hours in Denmark. We decided to just walk around and do some shopping. It still turned out to be a great day.

One thing i love about cruising is the view, the sight of the ocean and watching the sunset is really amazing. It so calm and relaxing. Sailing into copenhagen was beautiful, this is because you have to sail through the Fjords and as you know there are many islands. On this islands are houses, most of them are summer houses and vacation homes..but its really beautiful.The ship sails between the fjords and on both sides you can see different types of houses and the yachts and boats.

We took a shuttle into town which was about 15 mins drive away from the port. The famous shopping street called Ostergade was the starting point of our walking in copenhagen. Halberstadt is a famous shop on that street. The reason its famous is for their amber jewellery. Just to let you know, copenhagen is famous for their amber jewellery.Halberstadt is also reknowned for its little train. This little train is embedded with millions of diamonds and carries all the different kinds of stones.

The train which carries sapphires, ruby;s and diamonds.Its made of gold.

The Ostergade street

Premi standing all alone in the middle of the street. (looks gloomy)

Im not too sure what this building is *hmm*

Premi at Hard Rock Cafe, Copenhagen!!

I wonder what you call that instrument the guys holding???

At the centre of the town where the market square is

The little mermaid statue and me

The little mermaid statue is one of the popular attractions in copehagen.The bronze statue of the famed little mermaid or as the danish call it " den lille havfrue", was commisioned in honor of author, Hans Christian Andersen. It is located on the waterfront and is a 15 min walk from the port where the ship was docked. It only looks big in pictures, it a small statue.